Transcript Claude Monet Merely painting Impressions

Claude Monet
Merely painting Impressions
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Pleine Aire Painting:
paintings done quickly
outdoors
A true Impressionist
Painted the immediate effects
of color and light.
This painting was shown in
the Salon of 1877 where a
critic had said:” This is
merely an impression”.
Impression, Sunrise, 1872
Oil on canvas
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Monet was interested in
portraying the effects of
light.
Creates his paintings
through a system of
short dabs of color
Plein Aire Painting
Captures a time of day
and so the paintings
must be done quickly
“Houses of Parliament, London, Sun Breaking Through the Fog”
1904, Oil on canvas
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Plein Aire
Light and Color as the subject
Captures a time of day
Short Brush strokes
Movement away from painting
realistic images
Realization of paint as an
opaque and textured medium.
Houses of Parliament, 1904
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Plein Aire
Light and Color as the subject
Captures a time of day
Short Brush strokes
Movement away from painting
realistic images
Realization of paint as an
opaque and textured medium.
Houses of Parliament, 1905
Claude Monet
Impressionism
One of the most famous series of paintings in
all the world
He painted this cathedral at different times of
day. Morning, Midday, and Evening.
The subject here is the Effects of Light on
the façade of the cathedral rather than the
cathedral itself
“Rouen Cathedral”
(West Portal, Dull Weather, 1894)
painted 1892
Oil on canvas
Claude Monet
Impressionism
One of the most famous series of paintings
in all the world
He painted this cathedral at different times
of day. Morning, Midday, and Evening.
The subject here is the Effects of Light on
the façade of the cathedral rather than the
cathedral itself
“Rouen Cathedral,
Harmony in Blue and Gold”
dated 1894, painted 1893
Oil on canvas
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Haystacks at Chailly, 1865, Oil
Monet’s Haystacks are equally famous to his series of the Rouen Cathedral.
Claude Monet
Impressionism
This painting captures the
beauty of the light of the
day
Also captures the
pollution of the ships in
the distance
The painting acts as a
snapshot capturing a
specific time and place.
Garden at Sainte Addresse, 1867, Oil
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Plein Aire
Light and Color as the subject
Avant Guarde
Short Brush strokes
Movement away from painting
realistic images
Realization of paint as an
opaque and textured medium.
Bathing at LaGrenouillere, Oil
Claude Monet
Impressionism
The Regatta at Argentueil
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Highway Bridge at Argentueil
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Water Lilies (the clouds)
Claude Monet
Impressionism
One of the many paintings
from the water lilies series
Almost becoming abstract
Beautiful color and immense
size.
These paintings later became
the trademark of Monet
Water Lilies, 1906
Claude Monet
Impressionism
Painted only two years before
his death.
Painted when his eyesight was
poor.
Showing the influence of the
Japanese culture.
Almost purely abstract
Japanese Bridge, 1924